Cleaning agent containing alcoholate

US6800600B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ecolab GmbH & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Werner Strothoff · Sassenberg, DE
• Dieter Hemm · Hilden, DE
• Guenter Hellmann · Hilden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 5, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11D3/30
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A paste-form to solid detergent composition is provided consisting of a) 21 to 70 percent by weight of an aqueous lye solution having a concentration of 42 to 55 percent by weight of lye; b) 0.5 to 40 percent by weight of one or more alcoholates of ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, glycerol or butyleneglycol, and c) 10 to 35 percent by weight of water. The detergent is a high alkaline detergent, useful for cleaning hard surfaces.